Avengers Assemble
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Okay so this next bit is set around Iron Man 3. Whilst I was watching Iron Man 3 I couldn't really imagine Minnie being a part of it so I thought I could come up with a story for her that would probably run alongside it. I could see her in parts of it but I didn't see her in it much so I thought it would just be easier to think up something that runs alongside it!
Complicated Possession
Chapter 8 - A Gift

Ever since New York Minnie Stark's father had been forcing her to do combat training every day in order to strengthen herself if they ever needed to fight against someone like Loki again. Pepper told her that he was making her do it because he cared and he didn't want to see her get hurt as badly as she had the last time. But Minnie didn't believe Pepper, she believed he was doing it to tire her out so she wouldn't do anything stupid. Ever since she'd had her eyes opened to everything by Thor she'd been far more reckless, she'd turned into an adrenaline junkie and had actually wanted to do things that teenagers did. That her father normally did. She wanted to go out and drink so much is made her sick, she wanted to do drugs and go to wild parties. She wanted to be normal. The problem was, the serum was failing. She could feel it, no matter how much she injected into herself it would always fail and she'd feel sick and tired and be cooped up in bed with a high fever. Tony thought that just meant it was working and wouldn't listen when Jarvis told him he should stop, Jarvis and Pepper took care of her when she got like this, Tony didn't even drop in to see how she was.

They'd moved back to the beach-house in Miami whilst they waited for the tower to be rebuilt and secretly, Minnie preferred it there. Her bedroom was amazing. It was right over the sea and the whole room was pretty normal with the veranda and the steps that lead down to the beach. But a new addition had been made and now there was a closed off platform that had a short flight of stairs leading up to it. Up these stairs was her bed. The bed was cushioned and soft and fitted directly into the back wall. The other three walls were made entirely of glass and were shaped to fit exactly to the bed, the bed was only accessible from the top stair at the top of the stairs. The glass was domed and every night she could gaze out across the sea and up at the stars, at the end of her bed there was an almost invisible opening where the glass opened up and she could stick her head out and smell the salty air. The window was large and she could easily jump from it into the sea below, but with her serum being weak she didn't want to risk it.

It was now that she was lying in bed staring up at the stars and wondering if one of them was Asgard, and if Thor was up there. Before he'd left he'd told her if she ever needed anyone or anything to just call for him and he would try and come. It had been strange, Loki had been stood next to him at the time and he'd given her a strange look, a sort of pained look. But the events in New York had been well over a year ago and now was the night before Minnie's seventeenth birthday. And she was scared, she was absolutely petrified that any breath could be her last, that the serum was growing so unreliable that it could kill her at any moment. She needed something, something magical to save her. Which was why she was thinking of Thor, could he help her? It couldn't hurt could it?

She sat up slowly and clambered to the end of her bed, she pushed open the windows and embraced the sharp air against her hot face. She looked up to the sky and tried to venture a guess at which star was Asgard. Having absolutely no clue, she resigned herself to staring at the gentle waves lapping at the cliffs below and she spoke softly, knowing Thor would hear her no matter what.

"Hey Thor," she said slowly, feeling ridiculous but somehow knowing that someone was listening, "Or, um, whoever's out their, like his PA or whatever but anyway... I kinda need your help. My serum is failing and I don't know what to do. I can't tell my dad, I don't wanna worry him, he's got enough on his plate as it is, he's totally freaking out constantly about New York and I don't want to make it worse. I don't know what to do..." she leant her left elbow on the railing and put a hand to her forehead, she took a deep, shuddering breath and when she spoke it came out slightly strangled from the sobs she was holding back. "I'm dying. I know I am I know that if I don't get any help soon I'm going to die so please... I need your help!" She cried, she leant out of her window with her arms extended in front of her, tears escaping her eyes and falling down her cheeks.

"Please..." she whispered into the darkness and closed her eyes. A moment later a beam of light shot out and seemed to wrench left hand out, palm up towards the sky. She screamed loudly, completely forgetting that her father and Pepper would probably come running but she couldn't move her hand. It was stuck there, held by the mysterious beam of light which intensified and burned into her palm. She screamed again, but in pain this time as her palm burned. She tried to pull it away but it was held, locked. She could hear the running footsteps of Pepper and her father and she tried to wrench her hand away, but she just couldn't. Until, finally it came unstuck and the beam of light vanished. She pulled her hand to her chest just as her two guardians reached the top of the stairs, Tony jumped onto the bed and clambered over to her. She still had tears pouring down her cheeks and Pepper stood anxiously at the side of the bed. Tony put his arms around Minnie and wheeled her around to face him.

"What's the matter are you hurt?" he demanded, his hands checking her for injuries whilst his face was lined with worry and she shook her head? Her palm seemed oddly cool. She knew she needed to tell them both everything. They both sat and listened whilst she recounted all her worries about the serum and how she'd asked Thor for help and how the beam of light had appeared and then she showed them her palm and once she looked at the tiny symbol that was now carved into her skin she knew it was from Thor. To save and protect her, it was a symbol of his protective love over her. Like a big-brotherly love. And as soon as she accepted this, she felt strong again. Rejuvenated by the knowledge of him looking out for her.

"But I'm okay now..." she smiled warmly, "I'm sorry for waking you up."

"Don't be silly," her father scolded, leaning forward to kiss her forehead, "So long as you're okay?"

"Of course." Minnie smiled and hoped that he'd act like this more often.

Once Tony and Pepper had left Minnie looked up to the stars as she leaned out to close her window and smiled up at them, up at Thor.

"Thank you for saving my life, I'll owe you forever."